1, went swiftly from the Union Church by a riesha, whose puller was glad to. get. some eight cents {(gotd) for the Job, to Trinity Cathe-Aral, which I wat immediately ame "The Church of the British Empire." Located in the heart of the: business district of Shanghai ie'is lavish with the expensive ground-space of the region. Around lawn of grass was fresh in the sunlight; British soldiers in. twos fand threes, with tropical sun-helmets and formal khaki colour stroll Jed on its pathways, buying mints fiom appealing Chinese boys.
Inside T found a beautifully formal auditorium with stained-glass Mrindows and. stiff pews, all comfortably filled with men' in khan A few civilians wore interspei hut prominent above all were. the illes. They were laid at rest. in each pew, leaning against the front. They wave startling effect of mil itary force ready at the moment realy even to tum in the house of Gad, pick wp its rte, and go forth atte.
"The Right Reverend Dean, who stead inn very tty pei ping black robes' touched at The neck ith white, was also. aged, as 1 entered, in strengthen-Sng the moral of the "boys" by reminders of home.
He preached, ly. The white folks also were hardly dressed up for church. They hho dropped in just as they were, with all their normal clothing and and under the alle were each approaching God whatever ideas they chose.
There was no sermon, but a warm, srvading chant varied by the inkling of little bells gave a collective emotion re-enforcing the individual. Since this emotion was undefined by any words or theory of priest, and was centered only towards the high altar, the lights, and through these towards seme great Being above, it was quite possible for many conflieting views or temporal matters:
exist side by side without coming. into conflict. Those bowing Chinese might, for all one knew, be anicut Nationalists, cherishing memories of [that kneeling woman might be the wife of some forei boat or some The relatives of these people go out to kill each other short No one knew or needed to kilow; they were lost in a trance that took them out of daily reality, and which all races were joining. But they would come back the next day, or even that afternoon, their conflicts. The two lives' went (on in different words.
In the Chinese City has still a job for the empire to do.
urged them, amid the physical "You must come to the Chinese!
City and see the Churches that were
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